Soot-distributer.



E. A. GOTTKO 800T DISTRIBUTER.

APPHCATION FILED FEB. 5. 1917.

Patente Jan. 8, 1918.

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.EMaY f A. .GorrKo, or BAYONNE, .NEW JERSEY.

S00 T-DISTRIBUTER.

Application filed February 5, 1917.

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.iBeit known that LEMRIYjA. GoTTKo, re.- sidingat Bayonne, in the countyof Hudson and ,State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedSoot-'Distributer, of wh ch the following is a specification.

My EinVention'has reference to attachments for gas fixtures and is moreparticularly designed for providing a simple; inexpensive and easilyapplied device adapted for being supported over the gas flame for distributing soot and other products of combustion and thereby preventdiscoloration of the ceiling above the gas fixture.

My invention also has for its object to provide. in a device of thecharacter stated, a rotatable sheet metal disk having radial vanes orblades and means connecting the outer ends of the said vanes forsustaining them in rigid relation and for preventing the disk bladesfrom readily bending out of shape in handling the said disk.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear. my invention isan improved device of the character stated that embodies the peculiarconstruction and the novel arrangement of the parts hereinafterexplained, specifically pointed out in the ap* pended claim andillustrated in the accompanving drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view that illustrates my invention as appliedfor use.

Fig. 2is a plan view of the disk.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the lines 3-3 on Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the disk is formed.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the bracket member.

In carrying out my invention. I form a disk with a series of uniformlyshaped and arranged vanes or wings 1 that radiate from a solid centralportion 2. which at its center is provided with a tapered recess 20 onthe underside. the purpose of which will presently appear.

3 designates a bracket. preferably a wire rod. the inner end of whichremovably engages a sheet metal band bracket 4 that clamps upon thefixture 5 in any approved manner, for example by a set screw 6 as shownin Fig. 1.

The outer end of the bracket terminates in a vertical bearing 30, theupper end of which is coiled into a horizontal loop 31 thatterminatesina short beveled vertically projected specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '8, 1918.

Serial'No. 1465751.

and bearing 32 for engaging the radial :disk pravheel v1 in the mannerclearly shown in 131g. 3, by reference to which it will be seen, thatwhile the disk 1 is shown suspendedon the bearing 32 only, which is thenormal condition when the gas jet is .on, the coil portion or loop 31 isso located. relatively to the flat central portion 2 of the disk, thatat :theslightest-tendency of the disk to tip or wabble laterally. thesaid disk contacts with the loop 31 and is thereby held from beingaccidentally jarred off its bearing 32 under ordinary conditions, itbeing understood that the said loop 31 also serves as a support forsustaining the disk flatwise in place when the gas jet is turned ofl.

The disk or wheel 1 is formed from a blank sheet that is stamped to theshape shown in Fig. 4, from which it will be seen that a series ofradial slits 2121 are formed in the plate that extends from the centralsolid portion 2 thereof to a point near the peripheral edge and. at thesaid peripheral edge, each radial slit merges with a shortcircumferential slit 22. the said slits 22 being in annular relation andproviding, as it were, an annular solid ringlike portion that forms areinforcement for the outer edge of the disk.

By providing radial slits that merge with circumferential slits asshown, there are formed vanes or blades bent downwardly in a diagonalplane from the upper face of the disk, the said vanes being relativelyso inclined with respect to each other to cause the wheel or disk tofreely rotate when the hot products of combustion contact therewith whenrising from the gas flame.

By providing the center of the wheel with a central bearing recess forreceiving the tapered bearing 32 of the holding bracket and providingthe said bearing end with a substantially horizontal loop, the wheel ordisk is accurately centered and at the same time it is prevented fromtilting over or off its bearing as it rotates thereon.

By forming the outer or peripheral edge of the disk or wheel with anannular solid be readily modified for holding a number of the saidbrackets, depending uponthe burner brackets that may form a part of thegas fixture.

From the foregoing taken'in connection with the drawing, the completeconstrue tion, the manner of its application and the advantages of myinvention will be readily apparent. I

The device is exceedingly simple in construction, can be easily appliedto the gas fixture and when the disk is set in action by the hotproducts from the burners, the said products are readily distributed andare prevented from rising and contacting with the ceiling.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingWashington, I). C.-

What I claim is:

ing a support'adapted to be removablyconnected with a fixture, the saidsupport consisting of a wire whose outer portion terminates in avertically bent member, the upper part of which includes a fiat coil,the free end of which terminates in a vertically extended taperedbearing, and a disk wheel that includes a central fiat portion having acentral tapered'seat for engaging with the tapered bearing of thesupport, the said disk including vanes that extend radially from thesaid flat portion of the disk.

" EMRY A. GoTTKo. I

the Commissioner of Patents,

